acidic liquid that is made from a natural fermentation process and is often used for cooking and as a condiment; sourness; vitality
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Vinegar Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.
To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.
(a.)
Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically.
Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically.
(a.)
A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.
vinegar
\vin"e*gar\, v. t. to convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [obs.] hoping that he hath vinegared his senses as he was bid. jonson.
vinegar
\vin"e*gar\ (?), n. [oe. vinegre, f. vinaigre; vin wine (l. vinum) + aigre sour. see wine, and eager, a.]
1. a sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.
note: the characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid, of which it contains from three to five per cent. wine vinegar contains also tartaric acid, citric acid, etc.
2. hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically. here's the challenge: i warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't.
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Meaning
Rowdy and boisterous.
Origin
Sailors who had had plenty to drink were in this condition. The vinegar may refer to the acidic form that cheap alcohol adopts when drunk, or it may be the vinegar that sailors drank to ward off scurvy.
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Rowdy and boisterous.
Origin
Sailors who had had plenty to drink were in this condition. The vinegar may refer to the acidic form that cheap alcohol adopts when drunk, or it may be the vinegar that sailors drank to ward off scurvy.
Noun
1. sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
(synonym) acetum
(hypernym) condiment
(hyponym) chili vinegar
2. dilute acetic acid
(hypernym) acetic acid, ethanoic acid
Vinegar Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of drinking vinegar, denotes that you will be exasperated and worried into assenting to some engagement which will fill you with evil foreboding.
To use vinegar on vegetables, foretells a deepening of already distressing affairs.
To dream of vinegar at all times, denotes inharmonious and unfavorable aspects.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectTo use vinegar on vegetables, foretells a deepening of already distressing affairs.
To dream of vinegar at all times, denotes inharmonious and unfavorable aspects.
Vinegar Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Vinegar is a liquid substance consisting mainly of acetic acid and water, the acetic acid being produced through the fermentation of ethanol by acetic acid bacteria. It is today mainly used in the kitchen, but historically, as the most easily available mild acid, it had a great variety of industrial, medical, and domestic uses. Commercial vinegar is produced either by fast or slow fermentation processes. In general, slow methods are used with traditional vinegars, and fermentation proceeds slowly over the course of weeks or months. The longer fermentation period allows for the accumulation of a nontoxic slime composed of acetic acid bacteria. Fast methods add mother of vinegar (i.e., bacterial culture) to the source liquid before adding air using a venturi pump system or a turbine to promote oxygenation to obtain the fastest fermentation. In fast production processes, vinegar may be produced in a period ranging from 20 hours to three days.
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Vinegar Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Heb. hometz, Gr. oxos, Fr. vin aigre; i.e., "sour wine." The Hebrew word is rendered vinegar in Ps. 69:21, a prophecy fulfilled in the history of the crucifixion (Matt. 27:34). This was the common sour wine (posea) daily made use of by the Roman soldiers. They gave it to Christ, not in derision, but from compassion, to assuage his thirst. Prov. 10:26 shows that there was also a stronger vinegar, which was not fit for drinking. The comparison, "vinegar upon nitre," probably means "vinegar upon soda" (as in the marg. of the R.V.), which then effervesces.
The Hebrew word translated "vinegar" was applied to a beverage consisting generally of wine or strong drink turned sour, but sometimes artificially made by an admixture of barley and wine, and thus liable to fermentation. It was acid even to a proverb, (Proverbs 10:26) and by itself formed an unpleasant draught, (Psalms 49:21) but was used by laborers. (Ruth 2:14) Similar was the acetum of the Romans-a thin, sour wine, consumed by soldiers. This was the beverage of which the Saviour partook in his dying moments. (Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29,30)
